Overview
Edición limitada en tapa dura con cantos pintados y acabados exclusivos para celebrar los veinte años de la publicación del gran debut de Santiago Posteguillo.
Con magistral precisión histórica y un excelente ritmo narrativo, Santiago Posteguillo presenta la historia de la infancia y juventud de Africanus, uno de los personajes más influyentes de Occidente.
A finales del siglo III a. C., Roma se encontraba al borde de la destrucción total, a punto de ser aniquilada por los ejércitos cartagineses al mando de uno de los mejores estrategas militares de todos los tiempos: Aníbal. Su alianza con Filipo V de Macedonia, que pretendía la aniquilación de Roma como Estado y el reparto del mundo conocido entre las potencias de Cartago y Macedonia, constituía una fuerza imparable que, de haber conseguido sus objetivos, habría determinado para siempre el devenir de Occidente.
Pero el azar y la fortuna intervinieron para que las cosas fueran de otro modo. Pocos años antes del estallido del más cruento conflicto bélico que se hubiera vivido en Roma, nació un niño que estaba destinado a cambiar el curso de la historia: Publio Cornelio Escipión.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A MASTERPIECE OF HISTORICAL FICTION
Limited edition hardcover with sprayed edges and exclusive finishes to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Santiago Posteguillo's remarkable debut.
With masterful historical precision and excellent narrative pacing, Santiago Posteguillo presents the story of the childhood and youth of Africanus, one of the most influential figures in the Western world.
MASTERFUL! A MUST-READ! A TRUE BESTSELLER!
At the end of the 3rd century B.C., Rome was on the brink of total destruction, about to be annihilated by the Carthaginian armies led by one of the greatest military strategists of all time: Hannibal. His alliance with Philip V of Macedonia—who sought the annihilation of Rome as a state and the division of the known world between the powers of Carthage and Macedonia—constituted an unstoppable force that, had it achieved its objectives, would have forever determined the future of the West.
But chance and fortune intervened to ensure that things turned out differently. A few years before the outbreak of the bloodiest war Rome had ever experienced, a boy was born who was destined to change the course of history: Publius Cornelius Scipio.
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